Mnemonic

Name
Measures
Units
Range
Typicalplot range
Precision
Vertical resolutionat normal loggingspeed, ~1000 m/hr
Depth of
investigation
Env correction
Composition
Texture
Stratigraphy
Faults & fractures
Shale & source rx
Fluid
Pressure
Seismic analysis
Quality reducers
Tool names andmnemonics
Mud
Casing
CAL
caliper
hole diameter
mm or in
50 600 mm
or 2 24 in
250 mm or 10 in
1 mm
sample interval
0 m
High logging speed
CALI; Four-arm dual caliper,
4CAL [BHI]; CL, or Four Arm
Caliper Tool, FACT [HAL];
Borehole Geometry Tool, BGT
[SLB]; X and/or Y are opposite
and perpendicular to DEN tool
Any
Open or cased
TEMP
temperature
tool temperature
C or F
5 300C
10 150C
1C but accuracy
perhaps 10 C
low
Operational
conditions, time for
equilibration
Integral part of most tools
Any
Open or cased
GR
gamma ray

natural radioactivity
API units
0 250
0 150
4 API units
0.5 m
50%: 0.1 m
90%: 0.3 m
Large hole, high
mud weight,
centered tool
decrease count;
KCl in mud causes
baseline shift
Computed Gamma Ray, CGR;
Uranium-free gamma-ray,
GRS, SGR, or KTH
WBM or OBM
Open or cased
SGR
POTA, K
THOR, Th
URAN, U
spectral
gamma ray
naturalradioactivity
K permil ( ) or
percent (%),
Th ppm, U ppm
K 0 100 ,
Th 0 40 ppm,U 0 30 ppm
5 API units
0.5 m
Large caves, KCl in
mud (baseline shift
on K), spurious tool
temperature
correction
Natural Gamma Tool, NGT, or
Natural Gamma Spectrometry,
NGS [SLB]; Spectralog, SL
[BHI]; Natural Gamma Ray
Tool, NGRT, or Compensated
Spectral Natural Gamma Ray,
CSNG [HAL]
WBM or OBM
Open or cased
SP
spontaneous
(self) potential
electric potential
mV
relative
relative, 100 mV
wide, curve
deflection to left
opposite
sandstones
1 mV
Poor; do not use

for bed boundaries

Shallow, <0.3 m
Caved hole,
rugose hole
Static Spontaneous Potential,
SSP
WBM (must be
conductive)
Open
PE
photoelectric
photoelectric
absorption index
barns/electron
1.5 18 b/e
0 10 (half track)
or 0 20 (full track),
often displayed with
neutron-density
0.02 b/e
0.3 0.5 m
<0.5 m
Caved hole, rugose
hole, barite in mud
system
On density tool
Any, except baritebearing
Open or cased
ES
elemental
spectroscopy
induced
radioactivity
spectrum
Fe, Ca, S, Ti, Gd,
Cl, Ba, Si, and H
converted to
volume percent
0 100%
0 100% cumulative
2% for the major
elements;
proportional to
abundance
0.5 m
0.15 0.23 m
ECS [SLB], GEM [HAL],
SpectraLog [BHI]
Any
Open; cased with
specialist tool
RHOB
bulk density
bulk density
kg/m or g/cm
1500 3500 kg/m
2000 3000 kg/m
in most basins
20 kg/m

0.1 m for deflection

but 0.5 1.0 m
for true value
0.10 0.15 m
(shallower for
higher density)
RHOZ, DEN; ZDEN [BHI]; highres RHO8 [SLB]; DPHI, PHID,
DPOR converted to porosity
Any
Open; cased under
some
circumstances
?t
sonic
P-wave travel-time
s/m or s/ft
120 750 s/m or
40 250 s/ft
150 450 s/m or
50 150 s/ft
6 s/m or 2 s/ft
0.3 0.5 m,
0.12 1.0 m
(shallower for
high velocity)
Caved hole, high
logging speed
results in cycle
?t; Acoustic, AC or ACL [BHI];
Borehole Compensated Sonic,
BHC [SLB] or BCS [HAL];
Any
Open; cased hole
for cement bond log
DTS
shear sonic
S-wave travel-time
s/m or s/ft
200 1400 s/m or
60 425 s/ft
150 450 s/m or
50 150 s/ft
(plotted with DT)
3 s/m or 1 s/ft
0.3 0.5 m,
depending on
receiver spacing
0.12 1.0 m
(shallower for
high velocity)
Dipole Shear Sonic Imager,
DSI [SLB]; Full Wave Sonic,
FWS [HAL]
Any
Open
CN
compensated
neutron
hydrogen index

dimensionless
15 to +45 pu
0 30 pu
1 pu
0.6 1.0 m
Varies with f:
30% f means
16.5 cm depth,
20% 23 cm,
10% 34 cm,
0% 60 cm
Hole rugosity
increases Nphi,
mud salinity
(corrected), T & P
(corrected)
CNL [SLB], Ultra CN [BHI]
Any
Open or cased
NMR
nuclear magnetic
resonance
T2 relaxation time
distribution (often
converted to freefluid porosity)
ms (porosity in pu)
0.1 10 000 ms
0.3 3000 ms
1 pu for total
porosity, 0.5 pu
for free-fluid
porosity
0.15 m (high-res),
or 0.7 m (standard)
50%: 28 mm,
95%: 38 mm
CMR [SLB], MRIL [HAL]
Any
Open
RES
resistivity
whole rock
resistitivity
Om
0.2 2000 Om
0.2 20 Om
0.2 Om
0.7 m
50% :
Laterolog (LL), micro-log (ML),
HALS, HRLD, HRLS [SLB];
Dual laterolog, DLL [HAL]
WBM (must be
conductive)
Open
IL
induction log
whole rock
conductivity, usually

converted to
resistivity
0.2 2000 Om
0.2 20 Om
0.25 mS/m
0.7 m (deep),
ILD, ILM, AHT (10 to 90) or
AHO (10 to 90) [SLB]; HDIL
(M2R1 to M2R9) [BHI]; HighResolution Induction, HRI [HAL]
Any
Open
MI
micro-image
resistivity
hi-resolution 2D
conductivity
0.2 2000 Om
normalized to
relative values
0.1 Om
25 mm
50%: 40 mm
FMI [SLB], EMI [HAL]
WBM; specialist
tools for OBM
Open
DT
depending on
receiver spacing
K 0 100 ,
Th 0 40 ppm,U 0 30 ppm
Caved hole,
rugose hole
at ca. 18 kHz
(accuracy reduced above 500 Om)
Hole rugosity
Hole rugosity,
high resistivity
formations or low
Hole rugosity
low resistivity mud
Hole rugosity
mS/m but oftenconverted to Om
mS/m but oftenconverted to Om
0.7 1.0 m (med)
1.5 2.0 m (deep)
50% :
3.0 m (deep)
0.5 m (shallow)
50%: 0.1 m
90%: 0.3 m
3
3
3
3
3
0.5 m (shallow)
skipping (high ?t),uncentered tool
Caved hole, high

logging speed
results in cycle
skipping (high ?t),uncentered tool
Hole rugosity,
mud salinity
converted toneutron porosity
SOURCES
Schlumberger, SLB, slb.com, Halliburton, HAL, halliburton.com, BakerHughes, BHI,
bakerhughes.com; various trademarks as noted
Rider, M, 1991, The Geological Interpretation of Well Logs, Whittles Publ; Glove
r, P, 2011, Course note set, bit.ly/gloverpetrophysics
Krygowski, D, 2003, Guide to Petrophysical Interpretation, Crain's Petrophysical
Handbook, spec2000.net
Wireline logs
www.agilegeoscience.com
Many thanks for helpNeil Watson andAndrea Creemer